The Barrel Proof Comedy Podcast

Sonoma County Comedians Steve Ausburne & Casey Williams taste a different whiskey each episode. Spend an hour with us as we drink the whiskey, discuss the whiskey, drift into 20 year old pop culture references and icons, drink more whiskey, talk about upcoming shows and happenings in the Bay Area Comedy Scene, and finally, drink more whiskey.

The Boys open the show with a little He-Man chat which leads into our latest product line: Hipster Action Figures! Did you know Remington Steel and He-Man have the same theme song? It’s true, and we can prove it. Steve Ausburne presents his Controversial take on Pierce Brosnan James Bond movies. Nostalgic Nintendo and Duck Hunt stories are shared. Steve had a Standup Street Fighter 2 Tournament Edition when he was 20. Anyone want to find one for the studio? Colin Kaepernick comes up…or sits down. Whiskey Tasting Time! It’s John E. Fitzgerald Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Prohibition is discussed from a purely uneducated point of view. It was basically like New Coke and the Baseball Strike right? The San Francisco Giants have the best baseball scene in the country. Want to know what happens when you buy Ray-Bans from Facebook scam ads? This is your show! Steve recently hung out with Jason Newsted of Metallica and Casey Williams shares his Newsted story from 1994. This is a good point to tune out unless you want to hear some really inside comedy baseball stuff about the Bay Area scene and general philosophy around producing standup comedy shows.

The Boys open the show with that hot Who’s the Boss talk you’ve all been waiting for. Casey Williams had a huge crush on Alyssa Milano. Steve Ausburne tries out his new impression of the dad from ALF. 80’s exercise shows are discussed. Thanks to our pal Michael Kosta for the shout out on his show Worst Birthday. Who cares if he got our name wrong! Whiskey Tasting Time! Eagle Rare 10 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is what’s in store for us today. Peabo Bryson’s hit, “If Ever Your In My Arms Again” is broken down. We weave our way through the Eagles, Credence Clearwater Revival and tie it all in to Mungo Jerry somehow. We also discuss the new singles from Metallica and Green Day.

1 year of this…it’s our anniversary! Of course it’s finally time to reveal our cast for the long awaited Golden Girls Re-Boot. Casey Williams just watched the original Golden Girls Series Finale back to back with the pilot. The breakdown is enlightening and confusing at the same time. Steve Ausburne says that binge watching is a younger man’s game. While we’re at it, we go ahead and spoil the end of Lost and The Sopranos too. So don’t listen to this if you’re reading this 10 years ago. Whiskey tasting time! 1972 Alexander Murray & Company Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whiskey is on the menu this evening. We have no idea what Brexit is about. Anyone who’s every bleached their jeans needs to hear this. Steve explains why Middleschoolers suck. We reveal our plan to get Pro Wings to $120 per pair. Suddenly we need to figure out which jersey Cameron was wearing in Ferris Bueler’s Day Off. Casey thinks it was the Chicago Blackhawks. Stevethinks it was the Redwings. You are reading this online, so you should probably know what the correct answer is by now.

Episode from the crypt! We missed you too. This one was recorded in March, we held it back because it gets a little zany, but you love that, right? We open up the show with the Diffrern’t Strokes theme song and the most commonly sung wrong lyrics. Any guesses? What podcasts do we listen to? Well, we will tell you. Steve Ausburne inexplicably brings up Up All Night on USA. (yes, I said “up” twice) We discuss plans for the Regale Beagle Sports Bar. Three’s Company Movie is coming with Zac Efron and Seth Rogan...Ice Cube as Mr. Furley. Another timely movie review of 1992’s Stay Tuned – John Ritter, Pam Dobber and Jeffrey Jones. The shows on this movie reads like an @midnight hashtag war. Casey Williams gets us back on track with whiskey tasting time! Sonoma Brothers Distilling Bourbon Whiskey is on the menu. We school you (and ourselves on) aging rules on Bourbon vs Straight Bourbon. Runts candy suffered from the economic collapse of 2008. There’s an even deeper secret menu at In n Out. Why making whiskey is like making a Marvel movie. Does Lethal Weapon Hold Up? Here comes John Wayne out of nowhere! Clint Eastwood is jealous of all the attention. The big So Your Friends Think Your Funny comedy competition is broken down…yes it was 5 months ago…MARCH remember?